Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup: Great Britain win silver in four-man bobsleigh
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Great Britain were 30 seconds off Germany's pace as they took silver
Great Britain have taken silver in the four-man bobsleigh at the World Cup in Winterberg.
Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson, Greg Cackett and Taylor Lawrence finished behind Germany, who won gold, while Austria were bronze medallists.
Across two runs, GB finished 0.30 seconds off the pace with Hall saying: "I'm incredibly proud of the boys."
It is their second four-man medal of the season and the fourth in total for Hall and Cackett.
They won two-man silver at the Olympic test event in Beijing before taking bronze in Innsbruck, Austria in November.
Hall added: "We had three world-class sleds breathing down our necks after the first run - they were just two hundredths, four hundredths and sixth hundredths behind us - and we knew we were under pressure.
"All I kept thinking about was the pressure of the fourth run at the Olympics and how would we respond. We responded by pulling out a brilliant push and I managed to get the sled down and secure a silver medal."
Cackett added: "What's so exciting for us was that today felt like a bit of a dress rehearsal for the Olympics. It was a two-day race weekend and on the final run we brought out a huge start, bringing our time down by three hundredths - and that was an unbelievable team effort."
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Elsewhere, British skier Dave Ryding finished fifth in his first World Cup slalom of the season in Val d'Isere, France.
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